There is doom and there is gloom at Villa Park and there is little changing that based on recent form in the Midlands.

But there was at least one bright spark at St James' Park in the shape of Jordan Ayew. And, if the 24-year-old can transform one game for Aston Villa, why can't he transform their season?

Okay, that's certainly far fetched. Yet it's the kind of positivity Aston Villa fans will have to cling to right now as their survival hopes do look very slim indeed.

Newcastle were the dominant force as they led Villa 1-0 without looking all that convincing on Tyneside. But Ayew changed the game; his superb goal leveled the scores and gave the visitors all the momentum.

Naturally, then, supporters were keen to lavish the forward with praise on Twitter. One even joked that the season review of Villa's campaign will simply be a clip of Ayew's strike at Newcastle. Here's a selection of the social media reaction from Aston Villa fans:

Tim Poole

Tim Poole is a sports journalist for HITC with a love of football, tennis and snooker in particular.His career to date has seen him speak to former Manchester United boss David Moyes, interview snooker world champion Mark Selby and be snubbed by Premier League managers and players in more than one language!He is a massive Roger Federer fan and lives by the motto that 'sport is life.' When he's not writing about it, he's playing it, be it football, tennis, basketball, badminton, table tennis, darts, snooker, golf or even water polo. He is better at some than others...